Black tea consumption reduces total and LDL cholesterol in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Davies, Michael J ^a   Judd, Joseph T ^a   Baer, David J ^a   Clevidence, Beverly A ^a   Paul, David R ^a   Edwards, Alison J ^a   Wiseman, Sheila A ^b   Muesing, Richard A ^c   Chen, Shirley C ^d  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Black tea; Caffeine; Cholesterol; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; CHOLESTEROL; FERRIC ION; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEVERAGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0141751829     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.10.3298s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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